When: Saturday, March 28, 1 pm – 4 pm
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)

Our March Sew Day is right around the corner! We will be working on individual projects this month so bring your sewing machine and sewing/quilting projects to work on. This will be a great time to catch up on those lingering projects you haven’t had a chance to get to. As always, please bring your completed projects and your BOM to share with the group.

If you have them, it’s always a good idea to bring a power strip and/or small extension cord as well.

Not familiar with how our meetings work? We typically follow this format:

• Quick announcements
• Show and share
• Sewing on individual projects, and of course conversation (or tutorial/presentation if one is scheduled)

January’s Sew Day was full of creativity.  We worked on name tags and other sewing projects, while visiting away.

Many of us did more visiting than sewing!  But that’s okay, right?

Sew and Share was inspiring, as always.  Marilyn Shake shared 6 of her recent quilt finishes, earning quite a few tickets for the WiP’s & Wishes Challenge.  A few members have completed block 1 of the Moccasin Block of the Month.  Check out all the pictures!

Join us for our monthly Sew Day!

When: Saturday, January 24, 1 pm – 4 pm
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)

Tired of using those throwaway name tags? We are too! This month we will spend our Sew Day making our own individual name tags to use during BMQG events. Bring your sewing machine, supplies, and some name tag ideas. If you need help in that area, we’ve set up a Pinterest board http://www.pinterest.com/boisemqg/name-tags/ with great ideas to get you started. We are looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.

If you aren’t interested in making a name tag, you are welcome to bring a project to work on.

Also, don’t forget to bring your BOM and completed projects to share with the group.

A few other items of interest:

• If you have them, it’s always a good idea to bring a power strip and/or small extension cord as well.

If you aren’t familiar with how our meetings work, we typically follow this format:

• Quick announcements
• Show and share
• Sewing on individual projects, and of course conversation (or tutorial, if one is scheduled)

Hope you join us!

We had a great meeting this month! Being November, we had our annual meeting where we reviewed the previous year, elected board members, talked about the upcoming year and even found time to sew.

Board of Directors Vote

Members voted on the 2015 Boise Modern Quilt Guild Board of Directors. The Board will remain the same:

• President – Christy Foltz-Ahlrichs
• Vice President – Angela Bowman
• Secretary –Lindsie Bergevin
• Treasurer – Lori Wambolt

Membership

If you want to join the Boise Modern Quilt Guild or renew for 2015, please submit your $20 dues before December 6, 2014. There are three ways to pay:

• Mail your check to: Lori Wambolt at 5582 E Stageline Dr, Boise ID 83716. Checks should be made payable to Boise Modern Quilt Guild.
• Pay online! Try out our new online payment system on our website. Please note that there is a $1 convenience fee.
• Bring your payment to the After Christmas party on December 27, 2014 (details coming soon).

When: November 22, 2014, 1-4 pm
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)

Yes, it is that time of year again! Since we are a non-profit we are required to hold an annual meeting to take care of a few quick – but important – items of business. We promise to make the business part go quick! Below is an outline of the meeting.

Business:

• Membership: If you are interested in being a member of the Boise Modern Quilt Guild in 2015, we’ll be processing memberships.  If you can’t make the meeting please complete the membership form and mail your $20 dues to Lori Wambolt at 5582 E Stageline Dr, Boise ID 83716 by December 6, 2014. Checks should be made payable to Boise Modern Quilt Guild.
• Financials: We will review our financial information – where money was spent in 2014 and what we expect our expenses to be in 2015.
• Voting: We will vote on the Board of Directors. Our Board is currently comprised of: Christy Foltz-Ahlrichs, President; Angela Bowman, Vice President; Lindsie Bergevin, Secretary; Lori Wambolt, Treasurer.
  • A few rules about the vote:
    • At the meeting any member in good standing may nominate another person to the board with the second of another member.
    • To be qualified as an elected officer, a member must be in good standing, and have been active in the Guild for at least one year (with exception for the founding officers).
    • Renewing and new members are allowed to vote.
    • A member does not have to be present to be on the ballot, but you must be at the meeting to vote.
    • See the Board Position Descriptions and Bylaws for more information.

Fun:

• Lindsie will lead us in a discussion on what types of functions we would like to see on our website.
• As always, bring a project to work on!

Join us for our monthly Sew Day!

When: Saturday, October 25, 1 pm – 4 pm
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)

This month Linda Vermette will teach us a bit about appliqué – glued and needleturn. Linda will demonstrate the glued technique and will then provide an opportunity for everyone to try their hand at the needleturn method.

If you are interested in participating, please bring:

• 10” square of fabric
• Needle and thread for hand sewing
• Scissors

This tutorial will not take all the allotted time for the room, so bring a project to work on too. If you aren’t interested in the tutorial, no worries. Just bring something to work on and enjoy the company!

A few other items of interest:

• If you have them, it’s always a good idea to bring a power strip and/or small extension cord as well.
• We have some leftover free fabric scraps from when Christine donated earlier this summer. They’re yours for the taking!
• If you aren’t familiar with how our meetings work, we typically follow this format:
  • Quick announcements
  • Show and share
  • Sewing on individual projects, and of course conversation (or tutorial, if one is scheduled)
• After Christmas Party – Mark your calendars!  The Boise Modern Quilt Guild After Christmas Party will be December 27. We will have more details as the day gets closer! Since we had so much fun last year doing a swap we want to do another one. This Christmas we will swap aprons. Something most of us can use! Should be fun!

Hope you join us!